Okay...this is fucking crazy!!!! I have it too! But it's mostly in my arms, feet and below my knee...it's also not that serious. I just get really, really dry, and my skin is slightly scaly (which increases with dryness). I never knew this was a condition until I was an adult...everyone just called it dry skin...since my grandfather [he had it intensely] and my mom has it too. I was always super jealous of people with smooth skin...until I understood it was a condition:)
It took me years to understand that typical moisturisers don't work for me [they used to make me feel so icky] and I have to use proper thick ones for any chance. You know the weird part? Over the last 2 years, my soul has been telling me to shift near the sea soon. I thought it was normal since I'm a water baby.
Right now, I'm next to the sea. Randomly, when reading your post, I looked down, and it's almost gone off my hand!!!! What the fuck??!! Why did I not know this before?????? Just fucking mindblown.
I’m happy for you that it didn’t seem to bother you that much.
The experience with creams is so true.
And the real experience of realizing it’s almost gone WHILE reading my article… it takes away all my doubts about my writing reaching others. Thank you for sharing this moment with me. 🙏🏻
I’m curious: when you’re near the sea, does anything else shift for you? Stress levels, people, sleep, the way you feel in your body?
I’m genuinely so glad this post reached someone who truly gets it. It makes sharing it worth it. 🩵
Selene! Omg I cannot believe I'm not alone in this. This is eye-opening. I have KP, or Keratosis Pilaris, or chicken skin as they call it. I highly suspected it was Ichtyosis Vulgaris before, but never really found out cos I never really saw a doctor about it. But they say IV usually comes with KP, and all the symptoms I had was pointing to that. It made (still makes) me so self-conscious, especially when I was younger. But I just managed it with creams like you did. Now, I still have the same though it can flare up or get worse in extreme heat or cold. It's not funny, but my hubby sometimes teases me that I have such rough skin.
But now I'm happy you know of a cure. I cannot wait to find out what it is! Thanks for sharing this, I totally get why you were hesitant about it. 🙏🏼
Wow, Anna, something new we have in common! Although I would prefer for both of us to have something more pleasant 😉
I can definitelly recommend to look at any skin disease from psychosomatic perspective. Skin is our biggest barrier agains the outer world and if it needs to protect us for us or if this natural protection is cracking, it tells us about our relationship with our environment.
Thank you for your support!
Let’s chat next week after my second part is out, maybe it helps you with your case as well. ✨
Okay...this is fucking crazy!!!! I have it too! But it's mostly in my arms, feet and below my knee...it's also not that serious. I just get really, really dry, and my skin is slightly scaly (which increases with dryness). I never knew this was a condition until I was an adult...everyone just called it dry skin...since my grandfather [he had it intensely] and my mom has it too. I was always super jealous of people with smooth skin...until I understood it was a condition:)
It took me years to understand that typical moisturisers don't work for me [they used to make me feel so icky] and I have to use proper thick ones for any chance. You know the weird part? Over the last 2 years, my soul has been telling me to shift near the sea soon. I thought it was normal since I'm a water baby.
Right now, I'm next to the sea. Randomly, when reading your post, I looked down, and it's almost gone off my hand!!!! What the fuck??!! Why did I not know this before?????? Just fucking mindblown.
Wow Shruthri, this is unbelievable, truly!
I’m happy for you that it didn’t seem to bother you that much.
The experience with creams is so true.
And the real experience of realizing it’s almost gone WHILE reading my article… it takes away all my doubts about my writing reaching others. Thank you for sharing this moment with me. 🙏🏻
I’m curious: when you’re near the sea, does anything else shift for you? Stress levels, people, sleep, the way you feel in your body?
I’m genuinely so glad this post reached someone who truly gets it. It makes sharing it worth it. 🩵
Selene! Omg I cannot believe I'm not alone in this. This is eye-opening. I have KP, or Keratosis Pilaris, or chicken skin as they call it. I highly suspected it was Ichtyosis Vulgaris before, but never really found out cos I never really saw a doctor about it. But they say IV usually comes with KP, and all the symptoms I had was pointing to that. It made (still makes) me so self-conscious, especially when I was younger. But I just managed it with creams like you did. Now, I still have the same though it can flare up or get worse in extreme heat or cold. It's not funny, but my hubby sometimes teases me that I have such rough skin.
But now I'm happy you know of a cure. I cannot wait to find out what it is! Thanks for sharing this, I totally get why you were hesitant about it. 🙏🏼
Wow, Anna, something new we have in common! Although I would prefer for both of us to have something more pleasant 😉
I can definitelly recommend to look at any skin disease from psychosomatic perspective. Skin is our biggest barrier agains the outer world and if it needs to protect us for us or if this natural protection is cracking, it tells us about our relationship with our environment.
Thank you for your support!
Let’s chat next week after my second part is out, maybe it helps you with your case as well. ✨